Mississauga father and two boys confirmed dead after police link disappearance to burned-out car

Investigators north of Barrie, Ont. linked the charred remains found in a burned-out car to a missing Mississauga Ont., father and his two young children, Ontario Provincial Police confirmed Wednesday.

Police had trying to determine if bodies found in vehicle north of Toronto last week was connected to the disappearance of the family and on Wednesday, post mortem examinations identified the charred bodies as those of the father and sons.

Samuel Masih, 36, and his two boys, aged to and four, were reported missing by the children’s mother on Friday after they failed to return from a movie. Hours later, police were called to a fire in Oro-Medonte township.

“We are open in any direction of the investigation,” Peel Police Const. Thomas Ruttan said after the disappearance.”